Coin-registering mechanism.



y N. 851,251. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907. F. D. POWELL & G. S. ELLIS.

CON REGISTERING MBGHANISM. APPLICATION FILED JUNEzz. 1904.

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No. 851,251. PATLNTLD M1123, 1907.

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rUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE; FRANK n. POWELL AND CHARLEs ELLis, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIeN- oRs To AMERICAN COIN REeIsrER COMPANY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

COIN-REGISTERING NIECHANISIVI.

No. 851,251, Specicaton of Letters `Patent. Patented April 23, 1907. Application led June 22,1904. Serial No4 213,670.

To u "fh/m 7n@Z/ @WWP/7W# l ranged to protrude from beneath the cham- Be it known that we,l FRANK D. POWELL ber 4, the bottom of which is open. Said 55 and CnARLEs S. ELLIS, citizens of the United cylindrical receptacle serves to fully close States, residing at Chicago, in the county of said opening and is arranged to partially ro- 5 Cook and State of Illinois, have invented Certate upon its aXis, being provided with an tain new, useful, and Improved Coin-flegisf opening .7, which is normally within the entering Mechanism, of which the following is closure 4, as shown. Stops S and 9 are 6o a description, reference being had to the aeformed upon or attached to the periphery of companying drawings, forming a part of this the receptacle, the former being arranged to Io specification, in which corresponding letters abut against the lower end of the front wall of reference in the different iigures indicate of thc case when the receptacle is closed, and like parts. the latter against the rear wall to limit its 65 The Object of our invention is to so conmovement when open. The former also struct a Coin registering mechanism Vfor use serves as a 'linger-piece to grasp in opening in connection with telephones, vending deand closing the receptacle. A lock l() is sevices Or for other analogous purposes, that a cured within the case and is provided with a print, impression or stamp of the several bolt 11 adapted to engage a lug 12 upon the 7o Coins may be made upon a suitable registeri Cylinder and lock the receptacle in a closed ing strip and the coins, together with such position. A removable plate 13, curved 2o portion of the registering strip as bears the over the top to fit the contour of the case, is corresponding impressions or prints thereof, provided to give access to the interior of the may be passed into a sealed or lockedv coin compartment 3. Said plate is provided with 75 receptacle to be removed together by an hook-shaped dowel-pins 14 at the bottom, autl'iorized person, while the impression which enter corresponding holes in the plate mechanism is secured from unauthorized 2, while lock 15 secured to the top of the manipulation. case, is provided with a bolt 16 adapted to To these ends, our invention consists in the engage with a hole .in said removable plate to 8o combination of elements hereinafter more lock it in position, it being understood that particularly described and definitely pointed y the key which is intended to unlock the coin 3c out in the claims. receptacle will not iit the lock 15.

In the drawings: Figure l, is a vertical Within the compartment 3 is mounted, in sectional view, from front to rear, of a case suitable bearings, a roller 17, adapted to hold 8 5 containing registering mechanism together a roll or strip of paper 1S wound thereon in with a separate coin receptacle. Fig. 2, is a conjunction with a corresponding strip of similarview enlarged, of aportion of the comcarbon or impression paper 19, the Carbon partment containing the registering mechi face of which is next to the strip 1S so that an anism, a part of the Coin receptacle and the impression may be made therefrom upon the 9o coin actuating and impression rolls. Fig. 3, latter as, and for the purpose herein deis a face view of a portion of the registering scribed.

4o strip as it would appear with the' coin im- Below the paper roll and close to the partiprints thereon. Fig. 4, is a like sectional tion 2, are located. in suitable bearings two view to that shown in Fig. 1, showing a horizontalrollers 2O and21,the axes of which 95 modiiication of said invention., and Fig. 5, is are parallel to each other. The shaft 22 of an enlarged sectional view similar to that the roller 2O is extended. outside of the case shown in Fig. 2, representing corresponding i and is provided with a suitable crank as indiportions of said modified mechanism. cated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. A ratchet 23 Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a is rigidlv attached. to the shaft 22 and is roo hollow closed metal case divided by means of adapted to be engaged by a spring-controlled.v

a horizontal partition 2, into two compartpawl 24 to prevent the roller from being 5o ments 3 and 4, into the latter of which is turned. backwards. Both of said rollers are mounted upon a horizontal axis 5, a hollow preferably provided with friction surfaces, cylindrical coin receptacle 6, the lower porand the roller 21 is preferably covered with 105 tion, preferably about half, of which is arindia rubber or other yielding material. The

`faces of said rollers are so placed as to receive a coin and cause it to be passed between them with the requisite degree of pressure as hereinafter stated. A coin opening 25 at the top of the case is in communication with a coin chute 26, the lower end of which extends into the bight of the rollers 20, 21.

Supported within the case is a bell 27, the hammer 28 of which is mounted upon a bent lever 29 pivoted to the bracket 30. An arm 31, of said lever is adapted to be actuated by a pin 32 upon the end of the roller 2'1, so that with each revolution of said roller the harm mer is caused to strike the bell.

Directly beneath and in alignment with the space between the rollers 20, 21, and the coinchute above, is a slot- 33 formed in the horizontal partition 2 of sufficient area to permit the free passage of the two strips of paper, together with a coin. Upon the front side of said slot and extending below the same is a lip 34 provided with a serrated edge 35 located in close proximity to Ythe arc described by the cylindrical coin receptacle. A corresponding cutter 36, having a serrated edge arranged to co-act with the part 35, is rigidly attached to the upper face of the opening in the cylinder, so that when the latter is rotated the part 36 will p ass the p art 35 and thereby shear the paper strips :in the manner hereinafter described,

The operation of said device is as follows: The paper strips 1S, 1Q, are adjusted between the rollers and extended through the slot 33, when the machine is ready for use. A coin 37, being placed in the slot 25, 'falls through the chute 26 and rests inrthe bight of the rollers 20, 21, with one edge in contact with the former and the other in contact with the paper' strip 1S, as shown in Fig. Upon turning the crank attached. to the shaft 22, the roller 2() engages one 'face of the coin and causes it to pass between the rollers, thereby pressing its opposite face against the paper strip 1.8 with suflicient force to cause its imprint to be made upon the back oif the paper strip 18, which l terni the registry strip, shown at 38, Fig. f5. The diameter of the rollers is such that a single rev` i lution of the roller 20 will be more than 'suflicient to eau the passage of the coin between them. The

complete movement indicating the passage of the coin is announced by the ringing of the bell, and. when the coin :is freed from the rollers, it falls through the slot into the coin receptacle.

t should be borne in mind that the drawings are not drawn to scale which. accounts for the apparent discrepancy between the diameter of the coin and that of the rollers as shown in Fig. 2.

The roller 21 is normally at rest, being preferably disconnected 'from its fellow 5 and,

in the absence of a coin, the rotation of the driving roller 20 produces no effect upon it or the strip. As soon, however, as a coin intervenes, the frictional contact thereof between the two, causes the roller 21 to move in unison with its fellow; and, inasmuch as the paper strips are pressed between the coin and the roller 21, the strips are advanced with the coin, a section of the strips bearing a coin imprint being fed into the coin receptacle with the passage of each coin. l/Vhen it becomes necessary to remove the coins Vfrom the receptacle the rotation of the cylinder, in opening the latter, causes the cutter 3o to pass the part 35, thereby severing the strips 1S and 1) leaving the severed portion in said receptacle and at the same time barring access to that which is connected with the roll 17. lt is obvious that the imprints upon the severed strip 18 must, of necessity, correspond to the number of coins found in the receptacle and hence, i'f the person renioving the coins is prevented from having access to the registeriiig mechanism, the marked strip deposited within the receptacle must serve as a complete and reliable check upon the person having to account 'for them. As the actuating roller is prevented from backward rotation, it 'follows that a coin cannot be withdrawn by a backward movement after its engagement with the rollers and the consequent imprint upon the tape.

Yfvhile l prefer to employ a carbon strip, as indi rated, for making the impression of the coin, il. do not wish to be limited thereto, as it is obvious that such impression may lbe made in other ways without departing from the general prii'iciples involved. lin Figs. 4 and l have shown a modified construction in which the carbon strip is dispensed with, and the impression is made upon the registering strip by causing one face of the coin to be inked before it is brought into contact therewith. in, the construction referred to, 3E) represents the driving shaft which is prevented .from backward rotation s by means of a ratchet 40 and pawl 41 a roller 42 being mounted upon said shaft. 'lhe shaft 39 is connected by means of gea-rs as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.- 5, with aparallel shaft 45% above, upon which ismounted a isiinilar roller 44, which, by means of said gears, is caused to rotate in the same direction with the roller 42. Opposite the ,roller 45% upon. a suitable-shaft is mounted an inking l roller 45 having a surface 4G, of felt or other l absorbent material, while opposite to the roller 42 is located a roller 47 having a face of l yielding material. The registering tape or l strip 4S is carried downwardly Vfrom the roll l 17, around a guide roller 49, which is intery posed to prevent it from being brought into contact with the ink-roller, thence over the l top of the roller 47 and downwardly between l it and the roller into the coin rmeptacle. TWhen the coin is deposited in the chute it is brought into contact with-the rollers ICC ' inked.

44 and 46, and as the sha-'tt 39 is rotated l the rollers to rotate together, butin such case the coin is passed. between said rollers, thereby causing one tace ol the coin to be It then falls between the rollers 42, 47, with the inked lace against the registering strip. A further rotation causes it to be passed between the second set of rollers, thereby making its imprint upon the tape and falling into the receptacle, while a section of the tape is advanced into the receptacle ready to be severed by the cutters in the manner above described.

A p`n 50 upon the roller 47, engages a pivoted lever' 51 in connection with a secondary lever 52 having a hammer upon its lree end in operative proximity to the bell 53.

in order to guide the coin with certainty after leaving the rollers 45, 46 into contact with the rollers 42, 47 .l interpose a short coin chute 54, Fig. 5, between the upper and lower rollers, which device may be supported by means of a bracket, not shown, in any approved way. and inliing devices may be omitted, in which case a mere imprint or indentation of the shape of the coinumaybe made upon the strip. In such case a quality of paper should be used such as would readily receive and retain the indentation or mark made by the coin.

So far as we are aware, no means have heretofore been provided for preventing the insertion of slugs in place oi coins in this class of machines. This has led to the practice by dishonest collectors ol abstracting a portion of the good coins, substituting slugs therefor, and then reporting a larger number of the latter than were actually lound. Our improved device renders such fraud impossible inasmuch as it registers the slugs as well as the coins, by making an exact imprint thereof.

ln order to prevent deception by destroying a portion of the registering strip, each strip is numbered consecutively from end to end as shown at 55, Fig. 3, besides bearing an arbitrary number or character 55, corr sponding to the machine in which it is placed. This feature constitutes a reliable che-.cir upon the collector, in that it enables every part ol the tape to be accounted for by the proper auditor.

Should a carbon strip be used to produce the impression, it is obvious that it may be placed upon either side of the registering strip, but il" placed upon the opposite side from. that shown. in Fig. 1, the result would be negative instead of positive.

l prefer, as suggested, that there should be no positive connection between the rollers 2() and 21, depending upon the interposition of the coin to drive the secondary roller; yet, inasmuch as it is necessary to prevent a backward rotation of the driving` roller it is obvious that connecting gears, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5, might be used to cause li preferred, both the carbonI i l i protected i l r l l l l l i they should be suliiciently separated to prevent them troni actuating the coin is passing.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

1. The combination with a coin receptacle and juxtaposed rollers ot a coin registering mechanism comprising aregistcring tape arranged to pass between adjacent faces olsaid rollers into a coin receiving receptacle separated therelirom, said tape and rollers being protected against unauthorized manipulation, means lor passing a coin between said rollers into said coin receptacle, one Vlaceol the coin being thereby brought into contact with said tape, said rollers being arranged to cause a pressure oi` the coin against the tape, when passing, whereby an impression ol the coin may be made upon the tape and a section ol the latter advanced with the coin into the coin receptacle.

2. The combination with a coin receptacle and juxtaposed rollers of a coin registering mechanism comprising a registering tape arranged to pass between adjacent faces ot said rollers into a coin-receiving receptacle separated therefrom, said tape and rollers being against unauthorized manipulation, means l'or passing a coin between said rollers into said coin receptacle, one face ol' the coin being thereby brought into contact with said tape, and means for causing an imprint ol the coin to be made upon the tape.

3. The combinationwith a coin receptacle and juxtaposed rollers of a coin registering mechanism comprising a registering tape arranged to pass between adjacent `laces olI said rollers into a coin receptacle separated therelrom, said tape and rollers being protected against unauthorized manipulation, one of said. rollers being actuated Vfrom without while the other is adapted to be actuated by the interposition ol a 'passing coin, and means for passing a coin between said rollers into said coin receptacle, one face ol' said coin being caused to act upon said tape to produce an impression of said Vlace thereon.

rl`he combination with a coin receptacle and juxtaposed rollers ol a coin registering mechanism comprising a registering tape arranged to pass between opposing laces ol said rollers into a coin receiving receptacle, sepa rated therefrom, said tape and rollers being protected against unauthorized manipulation, means lor passing a coin between said rollers into said coin receptacle, said rollers being adjusted to cause a pressure of said coin upon said tape while passing, and means for severing the section of tape which is passed into said coin receptacle.

5. The combination with a coin receptacle and juxtaposed rollers olz a coin registering mechanism comprising a registering tape arranged to pass between opposite faces ol said tape when no TOO IIO

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rollers into a coin receptacle separated tlierefrom, said tape and rollers being jrotected against unauthorized manipulatitm, means 'lor passing a coin between said rollers into said coin receptacle, said rollers being adjusted to cause a pressure ot said coin upon said tape wliile passing, and means for anto matically severing tlie section ol tape wliicli is passed into said receptacle by tlie opening of tlie latter.

6. The combination witli a coin receptacle and juxtaposed rollers of coin registering mechanism comprising a sealed or locked enclosure, a coin chute leading tlierein, juxtaposed rollers mounted tlierein witii tlieir meeting Vfaces in t'ne plane of said coin ciiute, a registering tape arranged to pass between said rollers, a separate coin receptacle it. avin g a receiving opening registering witir tire pass coin and tape, and means for actuating one of said rollers from without.

7. A device of tire class described in wliieii is combined a sealed or locked enclosure, a coin chute leading tii erein, juxtaposed rollers mounted tlierein witli their meeting faces in tlie plane of said coin cliute, a registering tape arranged to pass loosely between said rollers, a separate coin receptacle liaving a receiving opening registering witli tlie pass between said rollers Vlior tl'ie passage of said coin and tape and means 'lor actuatin one of said rollers vfrom witliout, uf'liereby tige interposition of a coin may serve to press tire loosely suspended tape against one ol" said rollers, tlius causing tize tape to move with ranged to p ass between adjacent vlaces of said rollers into a coin receptacle separated tlierefrom, said tape and. .rollers being protected. against unautl'iorized manipulation, means Vfor passing' a coin between said rollers into said coin receptacle, said rollers being adjusted to cause a pressure of tlie coin upon the tape, and means for preventing' a backward movement of said rollers.

l0. A device ol" tlie class described in. wliicli is combined a case liaving primary and secondary sealed or locked. enclosures separated 'from eacli otlier, a registering tape and jux- 1 taposed rollers enclosed. witliin said primary tl'ie coin to pass a section of tlie tape into tire 1 coin receptacle witli tlie p assa-ge ot caen coin.

S. Tire combination with a coin receptacle and juxtaposed rollers of a coin registering meclanism comprising a registering tape and impression strip arranged together to pass between opposing Vlaces ol" juxtaposed rollers into a coin receptacle separated tliereirom, said tape and rollers being protected against unauthorized manipulation, and means 'lor passing a coin between said .rollers into said y coin receptacle to press said tape against said impression strip during said passage.

9. Tire combination witli a coin receptacle and juxtaposed rollers of a coin registering mechanism comprising a registering tape ar- Y between said rollers into between said rollers 'tor tne passage ol said i enclosure, said tape being passed leoselybetween said rollers andv tlience tlirougli an opening into said secondaryT enclosure, means tor passing a coin into said primary enclosure said secondary enclosure, means Vlior pressingsaid coin against said tapeduring its passage, and means l'or actuating said rollers in one direction only.

ll. Tlie combination witli a coin receptacle and juxtaposed rollers ot a coin registering nieclianism comprising a registering tape arranged to pass between tlie opposing laces ol" d rollers into a coin receptacle separated tlierelroni, said tape and rollers being protected against unautliorif/ied manipulation, means 'for passing a coin between said rollers into said coin receptacle to press against said tape during its passage, means '.l'or actuating said rollers troni wi tliout, and means for indicating 'ire i'ull pre-determined movement ol said rollers.

12. The combination with a coin reeeptacle and means lier taking tlie impression of a coin upon a registering tape, of a registering tape protected against unauthorized mani pulation7 said tape being provided witn aseries of ordinate cliaracters extending tlirougliout its length to enable tlie same to be identified in its entirety wlien separated into fragments or sections.

ln. testimony wiiereoli, we bave signed tliis specilication in tlie presence ol two subscribing witnesses, tliis 20th day of June, 1904;.

FRANK D. POELL.

CHARLES S. EliLlS. lllitnesses:

D. H. libin'ronnn, C. E. JORDAN. 

